截至2017年3月底,全国32所高校成功申请“数据科学与大数据技术”本科新专业,加上之前第一批高校,目前共计35所大学获批开设大数据专业。“大数据专业”一时成为热词。专业的设立,无疑是产业对人才需求的直接体现,而大数据专业热度空前的背后,是大数据在全球的蓬勃发展。大数据近年来为何发展如此迅猛,它的发展前景如何?将会带来多大的经济增长?又会有多大的人才缺口?等等,带着诸多问题,本刊记者 By the end of March 2017, 32 universities across the country have successfully applied for the new undergraduate major of Data Science and Big Data Technology. Together with the first batch of universities and colleges, a total of 35 universities have approved the establishment of big data major. “Big Data Professional ” became a hot word for a while. The establishment of a profession is undoubtedly the industry's direct manifestation of the demand for talent. The unprecedented popularity of big data professionals is the booming big data in the world. Why the development of big data in recent years so swift and violent, its development prospects? How much will bring economic growth? How much talent will have gaps? And so on, with many questions, correspondents